| Mannschaften | Erg. | Zus. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03.03.1979 16. Spieltag | |||||
| FC Carl Zeiss Jena BSG Stahl Riesa |
4:0 | 0 | |||
| 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig FC Hansa Rostock |
5:5 | 0 | |||
| BSG Sachsenring Zwickau FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt |
1:0 | 0 | |||
| 1. FC Union Berlin BFC Dynamo Berlin |
0:4 | 0 | |||
| BSG Wismut Aue 1. FC Magdeburg |
2:1 | 8.000 | |||
| Hallescher FC Chemie SG Dynamo Dresden |
0:0 | 0 | |||
| FC Karl-Marx-Stadt BSG Chemie Böhlen |
1:0 | 0 | |||
| Pl. | Verein | Sp. | Gew. | Un. | Ver. | Pkt. | Tore | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | BFC Dynamo Berlin | 16 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 30-2 | 42:9 | 33 |
| 2. | SG Dynamo Dresden | 16 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 24-8 | 35:11 | 24 |
| 3. | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 20-12 | 26:13 | 13 |
| 4. | 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 20-12 | 30:26 | 4 |
| 5. | 1. FC Magdeburg | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 19-13 | 33:18 | 15 |
| 6. | Hallescher FC Chemie | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 17-15 | 23:21 | 2 |
| 7. | FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 16-16 | 19:22 | -3 |
| 8. | BSG Stahl Riesa | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 15-17 | 25:27 | -2 |
| 9. | 1. FC Union Berlin | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 12-20 | 15:27 | -12 |
| 10. | BSG Sachsenring Zwickau | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 12-20 | 15:34 | -19 |
| 11. | FC Karl-Marx-Stadt | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 11-21 | 17:29 | -12 |
| 12. | FC Hansa Rostock | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 10-22 | 20:30 | -10 |
| 13. | BSG Wismut Aue | 16 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 10-22 | 21:37 | -16 |
| 14. | BSG Chemie Böhlen | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 8-24 | 15:32 | -17 |